diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 037afdf272a90283718f6c1e614b15e6d80d343b..8c4cfdb2d31787bbfc053dad54349e9479c0149f 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ documents those changes that are of interest to users and administrators.
  -- Fix incorrect casting when [un]packing derived_ec on slurmdb_job_rec_t.
  -- Document that persistent burst buffers can not be created or destroyed using
     the salloc or srun --bb options.
+ -- Document that the SLURM_JOB_ACCOUNT and SLURM_JOB_QOS environment variables
+    are set for the salloc and sbatch commands in their man pages.
 
 * Changes in Slurm 16.05.3
 ==========================
diff --git a/doc/man/man1/salloc.1 b/doc/man/man1/salloc.1
index 30f0e1993c2b6b17acf18b61fc045a691750059c..ab715c9c32b071a0773367472b7f3275c9649fc7 100644
--- a/doc/man/man1/salloc.1
+++ b/doc/man/man1/salloc.1
@@ -1563,6 +1563,9 @@ Only set if the \fB\-\-cpus\-per\-task\fR option is specified.
 \fBSLURM_DISTRIBUTION\fR
 Same as \fB\-m, \-\-distribution\fR
 .TP
+\fBSLURM_JOB_ACCOUNT\fR
+Account name associated of the job allocation.
+.TP
 \fBSLURM_JOB_ID\fR (and \fBSLURM_JOBID\fR for backwards compatibility)
 The ID of the job allocation.
 .TP
@@ -1583,6 +1586,9 @@ Total number of nodes in the job allocation.
 \fBSLURM_JOB_PARTITION\fR
 Name of the partition in which the job is running.
 .TP
+\fBSLURM_JOB_QOS\fR
+Quality Of Service (QOS) of the job allocation.
+.TP
 \fBSLURM_MEM_BIND\fR
 Set to value of the \-\-mem_bind\fR option.
 .TP
diff --git a/doc/man/man1/sbatch.1 b/doc/man/man1/sbatch.1
index 0d34c325be3119c596e816dfc51312a3fbf40775..def6b677f244e1916c34e76d6463d6a1d7dd9521 100644
--- a/doc/man/man1/sbatch.1
+++ b/doc/man/man1/sbatch.1
@@ -1863,6 +1863,9 @@ Same as \fB\-m, \-\-distribution\fR
 \fBSLURM_GTIDS\fR
 Global task IDs running on this node.  Zero  origin and comma separated.
 .TP
+\fBSLURM_JOB_ACCOUNT\fR
+Account name associated of the job allocation.
+.TP
 \fBSLURM_JOB_ID\fR (and \fBSLURM_JOBID\fR for backwards compatibility)
 The ID of the job allocation.
 .TP
@@ -1889,6 +1892,9 @@ Total number of nodes in the job's resource allocation.
 \fBSLURM_JOB_PARTITION\fR
 Name of the partition in which the job is running.
 .TP
+\fBSLURM_JOB_QOS\fR
+Quality Of Service (QOS) of the job allocation.
+.TP
 \fBSLURM_LOCALID\fR
 Node local task ID for the process within a job.
 .TP